Posted by
Laura L. Hollis, JD on Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:16:43 AM
"I thought Barack Obama would be a poor and troublesome president. Did I think he would yuk it up with Hugo Chávez, smirk with Daniel Ortega about the Bay of Pigs, turn his wrath on a Central American country trying to follow its constitution, denounce President Bush abroad, bow to the king of Saudi Arabia, endorse a radical Middle Eastern view of how Israel came into being, knock Western countries that try to protect Muslim girls from unwanted shrouding, invite the Iranian regime to our Fourth of July parties, stay essentially mute in the face of counterrevolution in Iran, squeeze and panic Israel, cold-shoulder the Cuban democrats in order to warm to the Cuban dictatorship, scrap missile defense in Eastern Europe, and refuse to meet with the Dalai Lama — in addition to his attempts to have government eat great portions of American society? No, I did not. You?"
Did I actually contemplate the possibility of these specific events? No. Am I surprised? No. Because Obama is, at his core, someone who believes in the power of oppressive authoritarianism, as long as it accomplishes his goals. He rarely talks about freedom or liberty, because those concepts are impediments to his agenda. He cares little for what goes on elsewhere, and isn't willing to expend whatever pitiful political capital he might have abroad. And he sees America as a racist, oppressive, interfering, imperialist, warmongering menace whose "sins" he is only too happy to apologize for.
None of our allies can count on our support as long as Obama is President.
And all of those who hate us abroad are chuckling and lying in wait.